Night of Monday 19 October
Amāvasyā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.
niśītha begins 23:02 23:50 niśītha ends
22:1422:3823:0223:2623:5000:1400:38
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Kālī Pūjā · 1903
Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 19 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
Night of Monday 19 October
Amāvasyā is absent from niśītha. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Night of Tuesday 20 October
Taken. The only night Amāvasyā reaches.
29 of 48 minutes covered, the first 29
Aṅga
Amāvasyā runs from 01:11 on Tue 20 Oct to 23:30 on Tue 20 Oct.
1903-10-19T17:11:22Z → 1903-10-20T15:30:17Z
Kāla
Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:02–23:50 on the 19th, 23:01–23:49 on the 20th.
nishita: midnight-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Amāvasyā must be present during niśītha. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 19th and 29 of 48 on the 20th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Only one night qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: unstated → only-day · margin 1150 s
Ruling
Kālī Pūjā, Daqing, 1903: Tuesday 20 October.
confidence: determinate
In Daqing, Kālī Pūjā 1903 falls on Tuesday 20 October. Amāvasyā runs from 01:11 on Tue 20 Oct to 23:30 on Tue 20 Oct and covers 29 of 48 minutes of niśītha that night.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Tue 20 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Tue 20 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Tue 20 Oct |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Daqing. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/kali-puja · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“K 30 Kali puja (nisithavyapini), Dipavali or Diwali (pradosa), Mahalaksmipuja (pradosa)” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Amāvasyā | Niśītha 19th | Covered | Niśītha 20th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 09:11 → 07:30 | 23:14 | 48 min | 23:14 | 0 min | 19 Oct |
| Chicago | 11:11 → 09:30 | 23:12 | 48 min | 23:12 | 0 min | 19 Oct |
| Jersey City | 12:11 → 10:30 | 23:18 | 48 min | 23:18 | 0 min | 19 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 13:11 → 11:30 | 23:27 | 48 min | 23:27 | 0 min | 19 Oct |
| London | 17:11 → 15:30 | 23:22 | 48 min | 23:22 | 0 min | 19 Oct |
| Durban | 19:11 → 17:30 | 23:17 | 48 min | 23:17 | 0 min | 19 Oct |
| Dubai | 20:52 → 19:11 | 23:21 | 48 min | 23:21 | 0 min | 19 Oct |
| Delhi | 22:32 → 20:51 | 23:33 | 48 min | 23:33 | 0 min | 19 Oct |
| Kolkata | 22:32 → 20:51 | 22:49 | 48 min | 22:49 | 0 min | 19 Oct |
| Singapore | 00:06 → 22:25 | 23:21 | 2 min | 23:21 | 0 min | 19 Oct |
| Sydney | 03:11 → 01:30 | 23:16 | 0 min | 23:16 | 48 min | 20 Oct |
| Suva | 05:06 → 03:25 | 23:22 | 0 min | 23:22 | 48 min | 20 Oct |